Expressing Peace. Listening. 71.
We’re familiar with peaceful listening: soothing music, ocean waves, birdsong. Listening itself– the art and science of listening, regardless of what’s heard — brings peace. Mom often said, “You hear me, but you’re not listening to me.” She distinguished between my ears automatically receiving sounds and my mind not paying attention to what I heard, […]
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Expressing Peace. Keeping Busy. 64.
It’s maybe even more than just keeping busy. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, author of Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, said “…happiness does not simply happen to us. It’s something that we make happen, and it results from doing our best.” Csikszentmihalyi refers to more than just keeping busy. During his flow, people experience deep enjoyment, creativity and a […]
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Expressing Peace. Mantra, Affirmation, Prayer. 54.
Mantra. Affirmation. Prayer. Easy to get them mixed up. No reason to. Really, no reason to differentiate among them. Each serves the same purpose: as a way to connect more closely with Spirit. Some say the heart of a mantra is the rhythm, the vibration it creates that opens our Self to Spirit. Some say […]
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Expressing Peace. What Matters. 53.
What matters? As I walked, the orange-disk sun moved toward the western horizon and the 3/4 moon climbed from behind the eastern. At once I was so conscious of the size, the vastness, the distance, and the life-significance of what is outside of me. I enjoyed the beautiful cloudless sky, the almost translucence of the […]
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